• SmoothOperator@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s for sure a product of its time, but it really doesn’t feel like a 1999 movie. Around that time we had

    • Sixth sense
    • American beauty
    • Eyes wide shut
    • Being John Malkovich
    • Fight Club

    Matrix has such a stark level of visual and thematic modernity compared to those. Maybe Fight Club comes near, but the other movies look like they’re from a different decade.